When I was in boot camp many years ago the drill instructor told us we were no longer of any ethnic color because we were all of us Greene the color of our fatigues. They are fragmenting unit cohesiveness in the military along with our society and culture.
On Oct 23, 2016 9:36 AM, "Bear Guy" <[email protected]> wrote: > Should we really be using the military for social engineering experiments? > > Thatbearguy > @Thatbearguy > > > > > [image: 080716-F-0558K-001] > TRANSGENDERS ARE NOW EXCUSED FROM AIR FORCE FITNESS TESTS > STAFF WRITER <https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/author/miloblogadmin/>OCTOBER > 22, 20168316 VIEWS > CONSERVATIVE > <https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/category/politics/conservative/>LGBT > <https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/category/sjw/lgbt/>SJW > <https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/category/sjw/>6 COMMENTS > <https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/2016/10/transgender-excused-air-force-fitness/#disqus_thread>8316 > VIEWS 12 MIN READ > <https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/2016/10/transgender-excused-air-force-fitness/> > The U.S. Air Force has granted transgenders the option to skip fitness > tests while they are “transitioning.” > > According to Secretary of the Air Force Deborah James, who played a > pivotal role in initiating the exemption: > > This is another step in allowing transgender Airmen to serve openly, > receive medical care relating to gender transition and allow transgender > individuals to join the Air Force…Our strengths as a military are the > quality and character of our people, and those things that make us unique > are the same things that make us strong. > > Specifically, the option to skip the fitness test applies to transgenders > “during their period of transition, prior to a gender marker change in the > MilPDS.” > > Although the initiative might seem well-intentioned, the truth is that it > essentially amounts to nothing more than reverse discrimination against > non-transgender men and women. > > If normal men and women are forced to work *harder* than transgenders in > order to qualify for the same job, that’s discrimination. > > [image: transgender-soldier-20106] > And of course, there’s no denying that fitness tests serve a critical > function in the military. Without high standards of physical endurance, > soldiers not only endanger themselves but also their comrades on the > battlefield. > > But it’s not just the military: efforts to “equalize” perceived > “inequality” has also infected fire departments and police departments > across the United States. > > Instead of transgenders, though, it involves female firefighters and > officers who cannot compete with men in fitness tests. > > From push-ups to pull-ups, women’s general inability to match the skill of > men has caused some to believe an injustice occurred. This, predictably, is > followed by lawsuits. > > Like the case > <http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/11/10/female-springs-officers-win-lawsuit-no-longer-have-to-take-physical-fitness-tests/> > in > Colorado Springs where 12 female police officers collectively filed a > lawsuit claiming gender discrimination because the women could not perform > a variety of fitness requirements to the level that men, on average, were > able to perform. > > [image: fatcop] > > The Colorado Springs Police Department ultimately discontinued their > fitness tests pending the result of the lawsuit. > > Ironically, this effort to ensure equality within the academy ended up > being nothing more than reverse discrimination against men because it > essentially excused the women’s physical shortcomings—an exemption unlikely > to ever be offered to male officers. > > https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/2016/10/transgender-excused-ai > r-force-fitness/ > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
